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The Global WebSphere Community Newsletter -- January 2009
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Wellesley Information Services
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Dear WebSpherian,
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Thank you for subscribing to the monthly Global WebSphere Community Newsletter - Containing the latest information on Global WebSphere Community announcements and WebSphere software-related topics of interest.
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Build WebSphere and SOA skills to survive the down economy
In a down economy, your company can make use of current investments to advance the business and stay competitive by applying SOA best practices. Impact 2009 offers an easy way to gain WebSphere and SOA education to keep you on top of your game and contributing to your company's success.
At Impact, speakers in your industry will give advice on how service oriented architecture can help your business thrive in difficult economic times. You can participate in sessions exploring development tools, such as Web 2.0 tools; portals, process automation, business process management, connectivity, SOA governance, and SOA security and management. If you register by January 31, you can take advantage of early bird savings.
In addition to more than 300 technical education sessions, Impact 2009 offers training through:
- Hands-on labs
- An open forum where you can meet WebSphere and SOA experts in an informal round-table format
- The certification test center
You can use the agenda builder to prepare your personal Impact schedule prior to arriving in Las Vegas for this premier SOA event May 3 - 8 at the Venetian Resort.
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2008 Growth contest winners:
CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of our end of year Recruitment Drive Contest! The Global WebSphere Community announced this initiative of sparking recruitment efforts among WUG Members; as we all know, a larger, more vibrant WUG with more members becomes increasingly beneficial to all participants. The cutoff for a prize was to recruit 20 or more new members in November and December of 2008; an aggressive goal to be sure, but well within reach for our best WUG Leaders! Be sure to check out meetings from these groups in 2009, as their efforts have entitled them to special funds that will make these WUGs more fun and exciting!
Highest Recruiting among WUGs in November and December 2008:
Morocco WUG - 89 new members
Leader: Youssef Largou
WUG Italy - 74 new members
Leader: Guido Puglielli
Fastest-Growing WUGs of 2008
Also, we would like to make a special announcement and acknowledgement of our WUGs with the highest growth throughout all of 2008. These groups and their leaders strive to create a thriving global community, and they are succeeding.
New York WUG - 92 new members
Leaders: Evan Herbst, Natasha Chavdaroff
Highest Growth: WUGs with 100-250 members
WUG Italy - 195 new members
Leader: Guido Puglielli
RTP (Triangle NC) WUG - 77 new members
Leaders: Greg Ackerman, Ken Gelsinger
New Featured Leader on the website:
Be sure to check our Youssef Largou's new Featured WUG Leader profile! Learn of his strategies and successes in making the Morocco WUG the fastest-growing new Group this year, with 102 new members in just 4 months!
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GWC LinkedIn and Facebook groups growing - Join today
Our new GWC LinkedIn and Facebook groups are already taking off - especially the LinkedIn group. Use these satellite communities to network with other GWC members and stay in the loop with GWC news in between newsletters!
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Get SOA connected at SOAsocial.com
This new and growing SOA community has customized views that make it easy to find SOA information based on your interests, across diverse sources. Gain and share insights that help speed your SOA success. SOAsocial is the new hot spot for the SOA community to gather, participate and learn. NEW! Subscribe to SOAsocial RSS Feed or follow at www.Twitter.com/SOAsocial
SOA Business Catalog - On-line Directory of Reusable SOA Content
Planning your SOA project?
- Needing to deliver results quickly?
- Needing to stay competitive in the market?
- Needing to protect your current investment?
Jump start your project with validated, re-usable assets from IBM and IBM Business Partners. Reusing tested, proven assets will deliver results quicker than building them from scratch.
Leverage tested, proven assets based on business need, such as inventory or payroll, that run on SOA Foundation products. Leverage the knowledge and experience of others to get to market quickly.
Evolve your infrastructure, for example using adapters, and transform your environment on your terms. Make a buy versus build decision that will deliver the best ROI.
The SOA Business Catalog is an on-line directory of reusable SOA content from IBM and IBM Business Partners. Choose from thousands of validated solutions tested to run on IBM middleware. Check it out today!
New Releases from IBM Press!
As a reminder, to obtain your special 40% membership discount, please log onto websphere.org and click on "Member Discounts" and follow the instructions for IBM Press!
IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance Handbook by Bill Hines, John Rasmussen, Jaime Ryan, Simon Kapadia, Jim Brennan;
Summary: Expert Guide to Deploying, Using, and Managing DataPower SOA Appliances IBM® WebSphere® DataPower® appliances can simplify SOA deployment, strengthen SOA security, enhance SOA performance, and dramatically improve SOA return on investment. In this book, a team of IBM's leading experts show how to make the most of DataPower SOA appliances in any IT environment. The authors present IBM DataPower information and insights that are available nowhere else. Writing for working architects, administrators, and security specialists, they draw extensively on their deep experience helping IBM customers use DataPower technologies to solve challenging system integration problems.
SOA Governance: Achieving and Sustaining Business and IT Agility by William A. Brown, Robert G. Laird, Clive Gee, Tilak Mitra;
Address the #1 Success Factor in SOA Implementations: Effective, Business-Driven Governance Inadequate governance might be the most widespread root cause of SOA failure. In SOA Governance, a team of IBM's leading SOA governance experts share hard-won best practices for governing IT in any service-oriented environment. The authors begin by introducing a comprehensive SOA governance model that has worked in the field. They define what must be governed, identify key stakeholders, and review the relationship of SOA governance to existing governance bodies as well as governance frameworks like COBIT. Next, they walk you through SOA governance assessment and planning, identifying and fixing gaps, setting goals and objectives, and establishing workable roadmaps and governance deliverables. Finally, the authors detail the build-out of the SOA governance model with a case study.
WebSphere Engineering: A Practical Guide for WebSphere Support Managers and Senior Consultants by Ying Ding;
To gain maximum value from WebSphere technologies, organizations must implement comprehensive, integrated best practices for managing their WebSphere infrastructures. In this book, one of the most experienced enterprise WebSphere support managers introduces those best practices and explains exactly how to make the most of them. Drawing on his tremendous real-world expertise, Ying Ding shows how to maximize the WebSphere platform's reliability, stability, scalability, and performance for large enterprise systems. You'll find insightful discussions of each option and strategy for managing WebSphere, including practical guidance on making the right tradeoffs for your environment.
Implementing ITIL Change and Release Management by Larry Klosterboer;
ITIL® (Information Technology Infrastructure Library®) can help organizations streamline and integrate their operations, dramatically improving efficiency and delivering greater business value. For the first time, there's a comprehensive best-practice guide to succeeding with two of the most crucial and challenging parts of ITIL: change and release management. Leading IBM® ITIL expert and author Larry Klosterboer shares solid expertise gained from real implementations across multiple industries. He helps you decide where to invest, avoid ITIL pitfalls, and build successful, long-term processes that deliver real return on investment. You'll find detailed guidance on each process, integrated into a comprehensive roadmap for planning, implementation, and operation-a roadmap available nowhere else.
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New WebSphere Application Server V7 Training: Leverage EJB 3 and Java EE 5 Support
WebSphere Application Server just turned 10 years old. Whether you are a long-time WebSphere Application Server user or new to the leading application server platform, WebSphere Education has core to advanced training to help you leverage the new features and capabilities of WebSphere Application Server V7. WebSphere Application Server continues its 10-year evolution with added capabilities to the programming model and new tools for administrators. The updated WebSphere Application Server curriculum includes development courses for EJB 3 and Java EE 5 and transition courses to get you started quickly with the spectrum of new product capabilities. The following courses are now available for enrollment. And, many of the courses are available as Web-based training or Instructor-Led Online so you can train without traveling.
Harness the Capabilities of WebSphere MQV7 with New MQ Training from IBM
With the announcement of WebSphere MQ V7, IBM has taken the market-leading message- oriented middleware product, to the next level. With training from IBM WebSphere Education specific to your role as WebSphere MQ Administrator or Application Developer you can harness these new capabilities into tangible infrastructure and performance improvements for your WebSphere environments, including SOA and Web 2.0. The new curriculum includes courses for new and seasoned WebSphere MQ users, from transition to advanced administration and development courses.
With over 11 courses, the WebSphere MQ V7 curriculum has skill building available for various roles and skill levels. New courses for administrators and developers, including advanced administration and courses for develpoers with Cobol and C programming backgrounds. Also, most courses can be completed without traveling through IBM WebSphere Education's Instructor-Led Online learning (ILO). ILO courses are taught by a live instructor in real time and include the same hands-on labs that are part of traditional classroom courses. Learn more about ILO and the complete WebSphere MQ V7 curriculum.
New IBM classes help you harness the power of WebSphere MQ V7
New IBM classes let you explore the powerful features in WebSphere MQ V7 including:
- Enhanced publish and subscribe integration
- Improved JMS integration and performance
- Support for Web 2.0 applications to connect to WebSphere MQ
Classes are available for both new and experienced WebSphere MQ developers and administrators. Choose from traditional classroom training or instructor-led online courses where you get all the benefits of live classroom training from the convenience of your home or office. Get the details
Who doesn't love a bargain?
Never pay full-price for training when you purchase the IBM Education Pack. This prepaid electronic debit account automatically saves you up to 10% on U.S. public classes, onsite training, eLearning and IBM Technical Conferences. Get the details
Stay up-to-date on IBM WebSphere Portal training
To realize the benefits of integrating applications or collaboration into a comprehensive portal solution, you need to effective and deployment and implementation. The best way to achieve this success is to ensure that your deployment team is equipped with the right skills. Check out IBM WebSphere Portal training options. Bookmark the IBM WebSphere Portal education Web site
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GWC Sponsor Message: Primeur Webinar - Modernising and Reducing the Costs of File Transfer using IBM's new WMQ File Transfer Edition
You are invited to a webinar hosted by Primeur , a Premier IBM Business Partner, on how to modernise and reduce operational expenses for both internal and multi-enterprise file transfer.
IBM's new WebSphereMQ File Transfer Edition (WMQ FTE) will enable organisations already using WMQ as their messaging infrastructure to achieve economies of scale by also using their WMQ infrastructure for Managed File Transfer. WMQ FTE also brings File Transfer into an ESB/SOA environment.
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009
Time: 11.00am to 12.00pm EST
Presenters: Peter Sedgwick, Director of Primeur & Rino Ciliberti, Product Manager for Spazio MFT/S.
Click here to register for this event!
Webcast: Driving Business Agility with Collaborative Software Delivery Solutions
Date/time: February 4, 2009; 12PM ET
Registration: http://www.rational-ug.org/webcastUpcoming
Description: These days in business, it is critical to make the right decisions, align them with your priorities, take into account evolving change and risk, and execute with the optimal use of resources. A collaborative software delivery environment can help you achieve these goals. In this webcast we will discuss how you can improve team productivity, team collaboration performance, the quality of your releases and the governance of your projects using IBM Rational Team Concert - based on the open and extensible IBM Jazz platform. We'll also cover the new Document Collaboration for Rational Jazz, which streamlines document collaboration and approval processes using Microsoft SharePoint or Lotus Quickr.
Modern Application Development with Web 2.0 using Rational and WebSphere for System z
Gaithersburg, MD - January 27, 2009
Chicago, IL - February 3, 2009
El Segundo, CA - February 5, 2009
Seattle, WA - February 19, 2990
Detroit, MI - February 24, 2009
Kansas City, MO - March 10, 2009
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/os/systemz/seminars/mad/
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